Description:Suzy Klein explores how the power of music to rouse our emotions gave it a crucial role – from the Russian revolution and the dictatorships of Hitler and Stalin to WW2. Suzy’s rich repertoire of musical stories, brought wonderfully to life through performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and its Chorus, conducted by Otto Tausk, sheds fascinating light on the history of some of the most turbulent years of the 20th Century.

Description:Two episodes. This bold and bonkers experiment to try to get computers to write a hit musical has a big question at its heart: can human creativity be coded? There’s genuine jeopardy, as the computer boffins hand over the material to a professional cast of actors and musicians. Will the world’s first computer-generated show be a hit or a flop when it opens on the West End stage?

Description:For the first time, President Obama and his inner circle tell the story of what happened when he tried to reshape America – and the world – from inside a White House unlike any other in history.

Ep3 Don’t Screw It Up. Obama set out to end George Bush’s interfering wars in the Middle East and reset relations with the rest of the world. These goals are soon tested by the Arab Spring. He bullies Hosni Mubarak into standing down as president of Egypt and launches military action that brings down Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. But these actions don’t bring the Democracy he had hoped for. His consequent refusal to get involved in Syria is criticized as the killing there escalates. But he scores one big win: he negotiates a secret deal – behind the backs of his UN allies – to end nuclear arms development by Iran.

Description:The Joy of Stats takes viewers on a roller coaster ride through the wonderful world of statistics. Presenter Hans Rosling entertainingly explores the history of statistics, how statistics works mathematically, and how with statistics we can take the massive deluge of data of today’s computer age and use it to see the world as it really is – not just as we imagine it to be.